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Meet das Heim

See how the article changes from case to case, then try the exercises.

All 4 meanings

  1. (in compounds and expressions, otherwise chiefly poetic) home, one’s dwelling, the place where one is at home
  2. (now the main use) a home, asylum, hostel (residence for some specified group)
  3. without further context usually short for either Kinderheim (“children’s home, orphanage”) or Altersheim (“retirement home”)
  4. (by extension also) a house, center for a collective purpose other than to dwell in

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For das Heim, use the coloured columns: neuter and plural.

der, die, das
Casemasculinefeminineneuterplural
nominativederdiedasdie
accusativedendiedasdie
dativedemderdemden
ein, kein, mein: ein has no plural. mein, dein, sein, ihr, unser… end like kein.
Casemasculinefeminineneuterplural
nominativeeineineeinkeine
accusativeeineneineeinkeine
dativeeinemeinereinemkeinen

Plural die Heime · Dative plural den Heimen

Examples

  1. 1
    Das schöne Heim bietet Ruhe.The beautiful home offers peace.Nominative · subjectPractise „schön“ →
  2. 2
    Wir suchen kein neues Heim.We are looking for no new home.Accusative · suchenPractise „neu“ →
  3. 3
    Die Stadt hilft dem kleinen Heim.The city helps the small home.Dative · helfenPractise „klein“ →
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